Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya

Abstract In this study, we examine the mother tongue proficiency of pre-school children from high-income and highly educated families in Antalya, Turkey. The study used the Turkish version of the Hamburger Instrument for the Analysis of the Language Level of 5-year olds (HAVAS 5) linguistic-level di...

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Autores principales:	Yunus Pınar, Fatma Ünal, Nihal Kubilay Pınar
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	Pre-school education Diagnostic evaluation Language acquisition Language assessment Socioeconomic status Language and Literature P
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9ac3a426ba424a5d82d31f23dff11d592021-11-08T10:56:35ZLanguage proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya10.1186/s40468-021-00138-12229-0443https://doaj.org/article/9ac3a426ba424a5d82d31f23dff11d592021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40468-021-00138-1https://doaj.org/toc/2229-0443Abstract In this study, we examine the mother tongue proficiency of pre-school children from high-income and highly educated families in Antalya, Turkey. The study used the Turkish version of the Hamburger Instrument for the Analysis of the Language Level of 5-year olds (HAVAS 5) linguistic-level diagnostic tool that is originally employed to form the basis of individually customized language support programs. The study group of this research was made up of 41 pre-school children (n= 41; 29 boys, 12 girls). Furthermore, a semi-structured interview (SSI) form was developed by the authors and finally conducted with 3 mothers and their husbands (n=6). Our study results show that the majority of the children (33/41) from high-income and highly educated families showed an advanced level of language proficiency especially in the realm of vocabulary acquisition. In particular, the children were observed to be self-confident when using their mother tongue and that they did not hesitate to take initiatives during the HAVAS 5 storytellings. Our qualitative results suggest also that a small group of children who are either introverts or having lower level language proficiency may have a specific trait, condition or characteristic. Based on the data from interviews, emotional atmosphere of the family, parenting styles, speech sound disorder (SSD) or excessive screen-based media use might reasonably be suspected of having some influence on mother tongue proficiency.Yunus PınarFatma ÜnalNihal Kubilay PınarSpringerOpenarticlePre-school educationDiagnostic evaluationLanguage acquisitionLanguage assessmentSocioeconomic statusLanguage and LiteraturePENLanguage Testing in Asia, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-24 (2021)
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topic	Pre-school education Diagnostic evaluation Language acquisition Language assessment Socioeconomic status Language and Literature P
spellingShingle	Pre-school education Diagnostic evaluation Language acquisition Language assessment Socioeconomic status Language and Literature P Yunus Pınar Fatma Ünal Nihal Kubilay Pınar Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya
description	Abstract In this study, we examine the mother tongue proficiency of pre-school children from high-income and highly educated families in Antalya, Turkey. The study used the Turkish version of the Hamburger Instrument for the Analysis of the Language Level of 5-year olds (HAVAS 5) linguistic-level diagnostic tool that is originally employed to form the basis of individually customized language support programs. The study group of this research was made up of 41 pre-school children (n= 41; 29 boys, 12 girls). Furthermore, a semi-structured interview (SSI) form was developed by the authors and finally conducted with 3 mothers and their husbands (n=6). Our study results show that the majority of the children (33/41) from high-income and highly educated families showed an advanced level of language proficiency especially in the realm of vocabulary acquisition. In particular, the children were observed to be self-confident when using their mother tongue and that they did not hesitate to take initiatives during the HAVAS 5 storytellings. Our qualitative results suggest also that a small group of children who are either introverts or having lower level language proficiency may have a specific trait, condition or characteristic. Based on the data from interviews, emotional atmosphere of the family, parenting styles, speech sound disorder (SSD) or excessive screen-based media use might reasonably be suspected of having some influence on mother tongue proficiency.
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title	Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya
title_short	Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya
title_full	Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya
title_fullStr	Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya
title_full_unstemmed	Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya
title_sort	language proficiency analysis of turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in antalya
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publishDate	2021
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Language proficiency analysis of Turkish children from high-income and highly educated families aged 5 in Antalya

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